Article
Phenotypic instability of chondrocytes in osteoarthritis: on a path to hypertrophy.
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences - 1 Apr 2019
Singh Purva, Marcu Kenneth B, Goldring Mary B, Otero Miguel
Abstract excerpt
Articular chondrocytes are quiescent, fully differentiated cells responsible for the homeostasis of adult articular cartilage by maintaining cellular survival functions and the fine-tuned balance between anabolic and catabolic functions. This balance requires phenotypic stability that is lost in osteoarthritis (OA), a disease that affects and involves all joint tissues and especially impacts articular cartilage...
Topics
- Animals
- Cell Proliferation
- Chondrocytes
- Epigenesis, Genetic
- Humans
- Hypertrophy
- Osteoarthritis
- Phenotype
- Transcription, Genetic
